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Moral Quotes by Iris Murdoch
- We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love, so rarely mentioned now by philosophers, can once again be made central.
- Freedom may be a value in politics, but it is not a value in morals.
- Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
- Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic.
- Art and morality are, with certain provisos…one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of…
- We need a moral philosophy which can speak significantly of Freud and Marx and out of which aesthetic and political views can be generated. We…
- Every human soul has seen, perhaps before their birth pure forms such as justice, temperance, beauty and all the great moral qualities which we hold…
More Moral Quotes
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson
- It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. — David Attenborough
- Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among… — Pope Benedict XVI
- All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use… — Theodore Bikel
- Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton